15-12-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

‘‘Array’’ means the body of persons subject to voir dire from which the final jury and alternate jurors are selected.#

‘‘Choose’’ or ‘‘chosen’’ means the act of randomly selecting potential jurors from the county master jury list in a manner that does not deliberately or systematically exclude identifiable and distinct groups from the venire.#

‘‘Clerk’’ means the clerk of the superior court or a jury clerk if one is appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 15-12-11 or Code Section 15-12-12.#

‘‘Council’’ means The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia.#

‘‘County master jury list’’ means a list compiled by the council of names of persons, including their addresses, city of residence, dates of birth, and gender, eligible for trial or grand jury service.#

‘‘Defer’’ means a postponement of a person’s jury service until a later date.#

‘‘Excuse’’ means the grant of a person’s request for temporary exemption from jury service.#

‘‘Inactivate’’ means removing a person’s name and identifying information who has been identified on the county master jury list as a person who is permanently prevented from being chosen as a trial or grand juror because such person is statutorily ineligible or incompetent to serve as a juror.#

‘‘State-wide master jury list’’ means a comprehensive master list that identifies every person of this state who can be determined to be prima facie qualified to serve as a trial or grand juror.#

‘‘Venire’’ means the list of persons summoned to serve as trial or grand jurors for a particular term of court.#